— tannaitic /tah'neuh it"ik/ , adj.
Seph. Heb. /tah nah"/ ; Ashk. Heb., Eng. /tah"nah/ , n. , pl. tannaim Seph. Heb. /tah nah eem"/ ; Ashk. Heb., Eng. /tah nah"im/ . ( often cap. ) Judaism.
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in Palestine during the 1st and 2nd centuries A.D., whose teachings are found chiefly in the Mishnah. Cf. amora, sabora .
[ tanna teacher ]